I'm on a roof in Burke, Virginia. The home owner has a leak where the roof and the wall meet. It's right in this area here. I noticed some of the nails are popping up, because they never fastened the flashing into the rafters underneath and they never sealed underneath the flashing.
What we'll do is remove all these nails. We're going to seal underneath with polyurethane. Then we'll fasten the flashing back into place and make sure, like is said, to hit the rafters underneath. After we're done with the repairs, the leak, will still come back, but only this time with a heavy, driving rain. It's right here.
You see this open space here where the J-tile meets up against the fascia. If there's a driving rain blowing towards the wall, the water will get inside that gap, and then the water travels behind the siding. It will settle where the roof and the wall meet.
This is a simple fix. What we'll do is we're just going to seal that area with polyurethane on both sides of the gable. Once we do that, no matter what the weather type, driving rain, melting snow, this leak will not come back again.
I'm on a roof in Oakton, Virginia, and the homeowner has a leak inside their home from the skylight and I noticed people had been doing a lot of repairs. It looked like at one time they had a tarp on the roof and you can see all these staples going through the roof, but also, the metal flashing here is all pulled up so the water can very easily get underneath from a heavy downpour and leak right through the nail holes.
Now, also, on the sides and also the backside are the contractor who initially did the installation, he put nails into the step flashing and you can see right there there is a nail exposed. That nail should not be there. This nail should be holding this flashing underneath this one. So this piece of flashing would be overlapping the nail and if they would've done that, they wouldn't be having a leak.
Now, also on the backside, there's nails fastened into the flashing right up against the side, so what we need to do is remove all the roofing material completely around the skylight. Any flashing that's damaged is going to be either repaired or replaced with new. Then, we'll install an ice and water shield completely around the skylight and then we'll re-shingle it.
Also, the perimeter here, the outside perimeter where the glass and the metal frame meet, we're going to seal this with polyurethane because these skylights are known to develop hairline fractures so eventually it would develop a leak.
Now, even after we're done doing the roof repair around the skylight, there's still a very good chance the leak will come back and the reason why is because of the ridge vent up there. So, we need to remove about maybe 4 feet of ridge vent and then we're going to apply ice and water shield to the deck at both sides of the ridge and then we'll reinstall the ridge vent.
Really, this roof needs to be replaced very soon. Also, they had another leak over here right in the corner, right at the bottom of the ridge and in the beginning I thought it was possibly from the gutter overflowing, but it's not. I'll show you exactly what's going on here. Right there. You can see there's a hole right here so the water's seeping right through the hole and inside the home.
Again, my name is Steve from Roofer 911 and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Oakton, Mt. Vernon and Northern Virginia and I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
I'm on a roof in Ashburn Virginia, and the homeowner has a leak where the lower roof meets up against the wall directly below that downspout. Now, one thing I tell my customers all the time, wherever you see the water stain inside your home, it doesn't mean that the leak is originating from directly above on a roof.
She got other estimates from other contractors and they were saying all you have to do is just seal where the roof meets up against the J channel with caulk and that will resolve the problem.
Little did they understand that, that leak could be starting from all the way up above and then the water is travelling underneath the shingles. Wherever the water finds an opening, that's where it will settle, and usually the water settles at the lowest point, and that's where the shingle roof and the metal roof meet.
The only way to resolve this problem is to remove all the roof material where the roof and the wall meet, repair or replace any damaged step flashing, and then re-shingle this area.
The ridge vent here has nothing to do with the leak, the ridge vent is fine. Once these procedures are done, this leak is over and done with.
My name is Steve from Roofer 911, and we specialize in roof repair in Ashburn, Bluemont, and all areas of Northern Virginia. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
I'm on a roof in Springfield, Virginia, and the homeowner has a leak inside their garage from the ridge vent. The type of ridge vent system they have is ShingleVent II, and it's a very good system, but it's only as good as the contractor who installs it. I'll show you exactly what I mean.
When there's a heavy downpour or a wind-driven rain, the water's getting underneath these cap shingles and also through the open breather. It's finding an opening through the side of the nail that's holding the shingle in the ridge vent in place.
What the contractor should have done is before the ridge vent system is installed, they have to cut the plywood underneath, about 1 1/2 inches on each side of the ridge. Once that's done, then he should have installed ice and water shield, from say here and all the way up to underneath to where that plywood was cut.
Then you install the ridge vent, and the ice and water shield is going to seal all the nails that's holding the ridge vent and the cap shingles into place. If he would have done that, this homeowner would not be having a leak now.
What I would recommend is to take off this entire length of ridge vent which is 30 feet, install the ice and water shield, and then reinstall the ridge vent.
My name is Steve from Roofer 911, and we specialize in ridge vent leak repair and all other types of roofing repairs in Springfield and Tysons Corner in Northern Virginia. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
I'm on a roof in Vienna, Virginia and this home definitely needs a new roof. You can see the shingles are completely deteriorated, there's a lot of shingles that are missing so a lot of water is getting inside the attic space and then also it's dropping down inside the exterior wall.
Also when they did the valley here they put nails that are too close so the wood is getting underneath the valley and seeping through the sides of the nails, also there's a lot of debris at the bottom of the valley and that's serving as a dam so not all that water's going down.
The water hits the leaves here and it backs up underneath the shingles and then it leaks inside the home. Also the rubber collar around this pipe has a hole in it right here but also the collar has collapsed. The way they did the roofing around the pipe was done wrong.
There's just too many things that I'm seeing that makes me feel we definitely have to install a new roof. Also they never installed aluminum drip edge along the eaves and there's a large gaping space here so with a driving rain the water will get in here, travel through the soffit and then down inside the wall and leak and settle on the lower roof. All this section here needs to be done over, lets see what we've got on the upper roof.
There's a lot of algae and moss, it could be cleaned but I wouldn't recommend it, this roof is just so old. The way they did the roofing next to the chimney housing is wrong, they put nails into the flashing and also you've got a nail pop here so the chimney is leaking as well.
Also I noticed there's no ridge vents going across the top of the roof. Something strange going on over here with this ridge, let me see. That's strange, they've got a wooden board here, that's really weird, I don't know why they put that there, I guess to serve as a gummy ridge vent but it's serving no purpose whatsoever.
I would really recommend this roof to be replaced, very much so. Also there's a problem here, the shingles are lifting up, the gutter is dented so the water's overflowing over the back of the gutter and inside the home. I'm going to write up an estimate for a new roof.
Again, my name is Steve from Roofer 911 and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Vienna, Dulles, and Northern Virginia and I can be reached at 7034752446. Thank you.
I'm on a roof in Gainesville, Virginia where the homeowner needs roof repair because of a leak. The first thing I noticed is the homeowner performed a temporary repair by putting a tarp down and then screwing into the wood completely around this patch.
Now, the screws will make this situation even worse because the water will get underneath the wood, seep through the sides of the screws and inside the house. The plywood is rotten underneath. This area here where they have the leak, that's not the source of the problem.
Even after we replace all the damaged shingles and replace all the damaged plywood, the leak will come back again if we don't perform a certain repair. Right above this wood, there's a nail pop, so that's one source of the problem.
Also above, there's another nail pop here so the water's seeping in through the sides of the nails, traveling underneath the shingles and wherever the water finds an opening, that's where it will settle.
Also, I checked the flashing up against the wall. Everything is fine, the bricks are fine, the gutter here is pitched beautifully. The roof above is fine. So these nail pops are the source of the problem. We need to replace all the damaged shingles, also the plywood and once we're done, this leak will not come back again.
My name is Steve from Roofer911 and we specialize in roof repair in Gainesville,Nokesville, and all areas of Northern Virginia. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
I'm on a roof in Springfield, Virginia, and it had a few different leaks, and I'd like to show you exactly what's going on with this home.
There's a leak all the way down at the corner, and when I lifted up the shingles along the valley, I noticed some of the nails were fastened too close to the valley center line. What we need to do is remove all the roof material, starting from the bottom, all the way up to the top of the ridge, and we're going to install ice and water shield, which will be fully adhered to the deck, and then we're going to reshingle this area.
Also, when I did an infrared scan inside the home, I noticed a little bit of moisture down here, and so that's coming from the ridge vent. The reason why is because it was never waterproofed underneath.
What we need to do is remove this ridge vent, which is approximately twenty linear feet, and then once it's removed, any shingles that were damaged in the process, they're going to be repaired or replaced, and then, very important, we're going to install polyurethane to the deck on both sides of the ridge. Then the ridge vent is going to be pressed into the ceiling, and make sure that we attach it to the rafters underneath, and then we'll reseal all the fasteners.
Also, we're going to check this gutter to make sure there's no debris in there that's clogging the downspout, because that can also cause a leak, but from what I see, everything looks good.
Like I said, the leak is all the way down at the lowest point, so we need to repair everything that's directly above, and here, you can see there's another valley that leads all the way down to the bottom, so what we're going to do to the other valley, we're going to do exactly the same here.
Also, there's a ridge vent directly above this area, too, so we got to remove it, and then we're going to waterproof underneath. With this leak, you have to target it from every possible angle, because if you don't, the leak will come back.
Also, there's two shingles over there that are missing. That's not causing the leakage inside, but eventually it will, so we're going to replace those shingles with new, but as I was walking around, I noticed a couple other things.
Here, the flashing is done incorrectly around the stack pipe, so the water's getting underneath, and eventually it will leak inside the home.
Also, where the flange meets up against a pipe, many times you develop fractures, and it can cause a leak inside the home, so somebody sealed this with calk, and it's not going to leak from the flange, but it will leak from the stack pipe here from the seam. If there's a driving rain, the water can get inside the seam here, channel it's way inside, and then bypass the calk here, and then leak inside the home.
Now when I was coming up, I thought I saw some nails in the flashing over here as well. Let me check this. Yeah. No, I thought I saw some nails, but overall it's okay. We're going to seal the leading edge of the counter flashing with polyurethane. The brickwork is okay. That's not a problem. Everything here is good.
Again, my name is Steve from Roofer 911, and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Springfield, Centreville, and Northern Virginia, and I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
I'm at a home in Western Virginia, and I wanted you to see something. Here's the sky light and they have a water stain that's on the back side. You see the red and the blue on the back side? That's moisture, and that water is travelling one to one a rafter, so the source of leak is not from the sky light, but instead it's originating from further up above, and I'll show you exactly what I mean.
Here, all this red, all this blue, that's all wet, and it's wet over here as well. I need to go to the room directly above to see if there's water that's travelling from other places as well.
Yeah again, my name is Steve from Roofer 911 and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Western and Northern Virginia, including Fauquier County, and I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
I'm on roof in McLean, Virginia and the homeowner has a leak inside their home, and it's directly below this area here. You can see there's no vents, pipes, or nothing directly above that can be causing a leak.
The flashing over here is coming up, but that's not causing the leak that's about 8 feet over. I want to show you exactly what's going on.
Here for example when I lift up the shingles at the joint you can see there's a nail exposed at the key. What happens is when it rains heavy or if there's a melting snow the water can get underneath the key and then the water seeps right through the sides of the nail and into the house.
In order for us to stop this leak we have to lift up every single from the where the water's seeping inside the house, which is about here, all the way up to the top of the ridge. Any areas where there's nails exposed at the key we need to seal the nail with polyurethane and then we're going to press aluminum step flashing into the ceiling. Then we're going to reseal the shingle and that will stop the leak.
I'm on a roof in McLean, Virginia and the homeowner has a leak right next to the vent pipe. When I looked at the roofing material, I can see that the installation was done incorrectly. They put nails into the flashing and also this shingle here should be overlapping the flashing. Also there's nails exposed in the flashing here as well.
If there's a heavy downpour, the water can get underneath here, seep through the sides of the nails, and inside the house. Also, if there's a melting snow or a heavy downpour, the water can back up underneath the shingle here, find the nail and then the water will drop into the home right here as well.
Another thing, very important, is that even after I'm done repairing this vent, the roof will still leak and it will leak during a heavy melting snow or a heavy downpour.
Now these are architectural shingles and they're very good, but they're only as good as the contractor who installs it. What I mean by that is that when this roof was installed, the roofer used roofing nail guns. Now with a nail gun, the contractor can fasten five to eight nails a second. It's very quick.
Now if he doesn't pay attention to where he's placing each and every nail, there will be nails exposed at the joints here. This shingle here is good, but this one is not so the water can get in through the key, find an opening through the side of the nail. Now the water is travelling underneath the roof and wherever there's a pipe directly below, that's where it will settle.
We need to lift every shingle above this vent, all the way up to the ridge. Any shingles that have nails exposed, we're going to lift up the shingles, seal the nail with polyurethane and then we're going to slide a piece of aluminum step flashing underneath the key and then we'll reseal this shingle. With the step flashing underneath the shingle, it will not be visible when looking at the shingles even from the roof or from the ground.
I'm on top of a roof in Alexandria, Virginia and they have a leak that's settled down at the lowest point. I wanted to do an infrared scan inside the garage, but there's no isolation. The minute I turn the camera on, I'm going to see nothing but cold air, so it's going to throw my scan off completely.
But, I noticed quite a few things that's wrong with this roof that's causing the leak.
First thing I noticed is when they did the roofing next to the flat roof, they nailed the first course too low and you can see here, there's even a nail that's pulling out, so when a heavy rain or a melting snow falls, the water can get underneath this first course of shingles. Wherever the water finds a nail, that's where it will it down and the water will continue to travel and settle at the lowest point.
What we're going to do is take off this flat roof material, we're going to install an EPDM and we're going to bring it up high about maybe 2 feet up. Then when we nail the shingles into place, we're going to nail a little bit high as well. Now another thing is the ridge bent directly above this valley is installed incorrectly. They never nailed into the rafters. You can see it's on the verge of coming off. Again, when a heavy rain or melting snow, that water can get underneath the ridge vent.
Many times the water will drop straight down through the open breather, but also when the water reaches the level the shingles where they're cut, the water can curl over the shingles, travel down underneath the shingles and then settle again at the valley.
Now, also this skylight was done wrong too. When they fastened the shingles into place, to the sides and also the backside the skylight, they put nails into the flashing's, so this will leak with a heavy rain.
Now, also you have patchings of ridge that leads down to the flat and that can also cause the leak down at the bottom and I'll show you why. Okay, let me see, is there a hole. I lifted the shingle up and I noticed there's a nail. Yeah, there it is right there. They put nails right through the cap shingles, right at the seam here, so the water can get underneath here and seep right through the nail and then just leak down at the lowest point.
This course of shingles here should have overlapped the ridge. Then you can nail ... well, I wouldn't nail it. To be perfectly honest with you, instead of nailing this, I would cement underneath it and press it right into the ceiling.
The valley here, I checked the valley. This was done perfectly. There's no problem there, but also being that there's a problem with the other ridge vent, we're going to take this one off too and we're going to seal underneath it with polyurethane. Then when we fasten it into place, we need to make sure that we hit the rafters underneath. Then we're going to reseal all the fasteners.
That's it. What a shame, this homeowner is selling the house. Today's the first day it went on the market and they developed a leak.
I'm at a home in Ashburn, Virginia. They have a leak that's coming from the ridge vent and I want to show you something. You see the dark blue? That's where the water is settling inside the exterior wall.
Also, there's some moisture here right next to the vent. A lot of this water is travelling right across the top of the raft to all these dark blue that's all moisture. Here you can see it's just travelling right across the top of that raft and here it's all wet. It's all wet right there where you see the dark blue.
The source and the problem is the ridge vent. The water is travelling about 25 feet and it's settling down inside the wall. Now, eventually the water is going to settle down inside the basement. Right in-between the two windows, you can see the water is dropping down. Let me see if I see it there. Yeah, there's a little bit of moisture down at the floor at the baseboard.
Again, my name is Steve from Roofer911 and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Ashburn, Aldie, and Northern Virginia. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
I'm on top of a roof in Lovettsville, Virginia and they have a few different leaks. I'd like to show you exactly what's going on with this home. The water stain inside the home is right there, right in the corner, right at the bottom of the valley.
There's a few different things that's causing the leak. One of them is where the roof meets up against the fascia, the contractors put nails into the stud flashing too close to the wall. This will leak during a heavy rain or a melting snow, so we need to remove all the roofing material from the bottom all the way up to the top. Any flashing that's damaged we're going to either repair or replace it with new. Then we'll re-shingle this area.
Now, as I said, the leak is here at the bottom of the valley. Here there's two nail pops, so we're going to replace these two single heads because those two nail pops can also attribute to the leak down below. The valley overall was installed correctly. There's no problems with the valley.
Also, the stack pipe is fine. That's not attributing to the leak, but if there was nails in the flashing around the stack pipe the water can go underneath the shingles, settle at the valley, and then again wherever it finds an opening that's where it will settle.
This chimney is also attributing to the leak down at the bottom, and I'll show you why. Right here you can see it's all wide open and the plywood is all exposed. This will leak with a heavy rain or a melting snow. We're going to remove all the roofing completely around the chimney, then we'll install ice and water shield around it and then re-shingle it. The old caulk, we're going to scrape that off and seal it with polyurethane.
The crown was good.
Now, there's a missing shingle there, so that's going to be replaced with a new one. Then also on the other side of this ridge there's a few shingles missing. There's one right there and then we've got a few of them over here. The way these shingles blew off, it was just the tab itself, so it's not going to cause a leak. Eventually the wind will get underneath these open areas and it will blow off any shingles above and to the side, so this needs to be repaired as soon as possible.
That back pipe collar there, that looks good. This one here is not good. We're going to remove and replace this one with a new one, and then again we'll install the ice and water shield around it and then re-shingle it.
Now, here they have a leak down at the corner. The first thing I looked at is this valley to make sure that it was installed correctly, and it was. The contractor who did this roof overall was very good. Then I thought maybe the flashing up against the wall was bad, but that was good, too.
This is the reason why it's leaking. Here's where the downspout is right there, and it's all clogged. Not only does the water overflow over the front, but it's also going over the back and inside the home.
Now, the started course is exposed. The shingle that went on top of the starter is missing. I don't know if it was installed like that or if it blew off, but let me show you something. Okay. Yeah. Where the two shingles join together, the water's getting inside here and then it's going inside behind the fascia and again down inside the wall. This shingle here is split so the water again, is going over the back and inside the house.
That's it! Overall the roof is still in good condition. It's hard to believe this roof is twenty-six years old. It only looks like it's about fourteen years old.
Also, here's another thing here. There's a nail pop here and also there's a hole in the roof there. A nail was pulled out.
Again, my name is Steve from Roofer 911. We specialize in roof repair. I can be reached at 703-475-2446.
Also I just noticed there's another shingle here missing and then there's another shingle here missing. The plywood is all exposed, so we'll take care of that as well. Thank you and have a great day. Bye-bye.
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I'm on a roof in Herndon, Virginia, and they have a leak right down here, right down at the corner. I noticed there's a quite a few different things that's causing this leak. Now, one of them is a satellite dish support plate. We need to remove this and then we're going to re-shingle this area.
Also, this gutter was clogged with debris. I cleaned it out a little bit, but I got to get it all out. Because the gutters, when they're clogged, they can cause water to overflow over the back and inside the home.
The biggest problem is here. All this flashing here up against the wall is wrong and you can see there's a nail exposed here and it's like this with every single shingle along the wall. What we need to do is remove all the roofing material where the roof and the wall meet, and then we're going to repair or replace any of this damaged flashing and we'll re-shingle this area.
I wanted to show you something. All right, the nail is right there. That nail should be not exposed. There should be no nails exposed in the flashing at all, but instead, this nail here should be holding this flashing underneath this one here, so this way, this piece would be overlapping the nail and the customer would not be having the leak.
Now, being that the leak is at the lowest point, I needed to check everything above, and that includes the siding. I wanted to make sure that all these panels are overlapped sufficiently enough, and sure enough it is so the vinyl siding is good.
I wanted to show you something else. Now, here, where the roof and the wall meet, they did the same thing. There's nails exposed in the step flashing, so we need to take up all the roofing here, repair or replace any damaged step flashing, and then re-shingle it.
Now, another thing is if there's a driving rain, I noticed two other things that could cause that leak in the corner, and that's possible hairline fractures to the inside corners, so what we would do here is we would go inside the home and then we would seal the fractures with polyurethane. Fractures can occur during normal expansion and contraction.
The other thing is the ridge vent up here is brought all the way to the eave. Now, that's a problem only if the contractor cut the open breather all the way to the end, and if he did, if there's a driving rain the water will get in through the side of the ridge vent, then the water will travel down the roof, in between the shingles and the felt. The water will settle down inside the exterior wall and then leak down here at the bottom of the valley.
Now also, this satellite dish, I see that the mounting plates were never sealed, so we're going to seal the bolt and seal around the mounting plates with polyurethane. Once we're done, we targeted this leak from every possible angle, and they will not have this leak again.
Again, my name is Steve from Roofer 911, and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Herndon and Northern Virginia, and I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
I'm on a roof in Falls Church, Virginia, and they have a leak next to the chimney, and I noticed a few different things that's causing the leak. One thing, it's improper installation of the counterflashing up against a brick. What they did is they just nailed it right up against the wall and then they just sealed the leading edge with roofing cement.
Also there is a little bit of a hole here as well; so this flashing really needs to be removed and replaced with new, and I'll show you a few things. The homeowner was up here and he put cement right along where the roof meets up against the chimney and then he sealed the shingles with caulk, but that's only masking the problem.
In order to correct this leak, we need to take things apart, and that means to remove and replace the flashing, and then we're going to install new shingles here.
Now also this side wall here, where the roof meets up against the wall, is also attributing to the leak. Here when you look, you can see these nails right here so the water's getting right through the side of the key, and then it gets over in here, and it just leaks right through the side of the nail, and then the water travels down and wherever it finds an opening, like a chimney, that's where the water's going to settle.
Here you can see these shingles are curling up, so the water can get inside here, and the water leaks right through the side of the nail, and again it will leak down to the chimney; so what we'll do here is we're going to remove all the roofing material along the wall up against the chimney, we're going to remove and replace the counterflashing and the step flashing, we'll install ice and water shield here, along the chimney, and then we're going to re-shingle it.
Now, also the counterflashing, we're going to cut right through the mortar, about three quarters of an inch, and the flashing is going to be L-shaped and it's going to be inserted inside, and then we're going to seal the leading edge.
Once all these procedures are done, there is a very good chance this leak is still going to come back, and the reason why is, because it is crowned. You can see these large cracks here, these cracks here, here, it's all around, so really I would recommend the crown to be rebuilt, but if the customer cannot afford it at this time, what we can do is, we'll just seal all these cracks with polyurethane, and that will last a few years; but I highly recommend to remove and replace it.
I'm on top of a roof in Bristow, Virginia, where the homeowner has a leak and they need roof repair. The leak is coming from the ridge vent. Visually, looking at the aluminum vent, everything is perfect. They've fastened the ridge vent into the rafters. They sealed all the nails. They even put caps on the outside corners, but it's still leaking.
The only time this ridge vent will leak is during a very heavy downpour or a strong wind-driven rain or even worse, a heavy melting snow. This customer noticed a leak from the snow and the reason why, with all that heavy snow that we had recently, which was 36 inches, with the weight of the snow pushing down on the roof, it forces the water to go up underneath the ridge vent.
Underneath the ridge vent, this shingle here is probably cut right about here, so when the water reaches the level to where the shingles are cut, the water's going to go in over the shingles and then it will travel down and it can leak anywhere down below. Many times, the water can continue to travel up and it will leak down in through the open breather.
The only way to stop further leakage is we've got to take this ridge vent off. Any shingles that are damaged in the process, we're going to remove and replace them with new and then, very important, after the ridge vent is removed, the shingles are replaced, we're going to apply polyurethane right across the top on both sides of the ridge, the entire length of the ridge vent.
Then the new ridge vent is going to be pressed right into the sealant and then we're going to fasten it right into the rafters and seal all the fasteners. The polyurethane underneath the ridge vent, it will block any water from getting underneath.
My name again is Steve, from Roofer 911. We specialize in all types of roof repair in Bristow and Northern Virginia. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
I'm at a home in Sterling, Virginia and they have leaks inside their home. One of the reasons is because of this gutter. This is a leaf guard gutter system and many people think with a leaf guard you will not have any ice dam leaks, but they couldn't be further from the truth.
Now you can see there's ice built up on the fascia board behind the gutter, but then also back about two and one-half feet on the soffit, there's icicles there as well. Here we can see there was ice here on the outside vinyl siding at one time, but it dried up.
Let me see what we've got. Yeah, you can see there's a lot of ice that's built up on the roof, but then also there's a valley up above and then over here, this is even worse. What's happening is when the ice starts to melt, the water can go underneath the shingles and then leak down inside the home.
What we need to do is get all this snow and ice off the roof. We're going to take this leaf guard gutter system off. We're going to remove about nine courses of roof shingles. Once the shingles are removed and the gutter is removed, we're going to fully adhere ice and water shield from the gutter line all the way up and we're going to overlap the wood fascia board by about four inches.
Once that's done, then we can screw the gutter back into place. Then we'll put new shingles up here as well. Now the benefit of having the ice and water shield behind the gutter, it seals the screws from behind that's holding the gutter into place. The ice and water shield underneath the roofing material, it seals the nails that are holding the shingles into place.
Now also over here in the valley, this is also attributing to the leak inside the home because there's an ice dam underneath the shingles so we need to remove all this snow. Then we'll remove the shingles on both sides of the valley and then we're going to install ice and water shield right along the entire length of the valley. Then we'll re-shingle it.
Now I need to see if there's a ridge vent up here too. I don't think there is, but if there is we're going to have to remove the ridge vent and seal underneath.
My name is Steve from Roofer 911 and once all our procedures are done, this homeowner will not have anymore ice dam leaks and I can be reached at 703-475-2446 and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Sterling and Northern Virginia. Thank you.
I'm at a home in Lake Manassas and they have a leak at the back of the home. The leak is right in this area here about, maybe, four feet above the gutter line. I checked the shingles; everything is fine but the problem is the attic fan.
When you look at the fan you can see the metal flashing is all exposed so this was most certainly not the work of a professional roofing contractor. They probably hired an electrician to install the attic fan, and what they did is they cut a hole through the wood sheathing and then they just dropped the attic fan on top of the hole, on top of the shingles, and then they just sealed the perimeter or the flashing with caulking.
It's just a matter of time before the caulk gives way, and then the homeowner has a leak. What we need to do is remove all the roofing completely around the attic fan, install Ice & Water Shield to the flashing, and then re-shingle that area.
Now also there's another leak inside the house and it's right next to this vent pipe. The pipe flange is completely deteriorated so there we'll just remove the pipe flange and shield the flashing, again with the Ice & Water Shield, and re-shingle it.
Also the ridge vent directly above, right in this area here, is on the verge of coming off. So even if we repair the flashing to the vent pipe, and not repair the ridge vent, that vent pipe is still going to leak. It will also cause leakage to go down inside the exterior wall.
That's it. My name is Steve. I'm Roofer 911. I can be reached at 703-475-2446.
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The homeowner has a leak inside their home that's approximately ten feet back from the exterior wall here. They got some nail pops coming through here, but that's not the source of the problem. What we'll do is we'll just remove these cap shingles and replace it with a new one.
The problem is right here you can see the rubber collar around the pipe flange is completely deteriorated, so instead of sealing it we're just going to remove and replace it with a new one.
Now another thing which would have been nice if they would have originally put Ice & Water Shield adhered to the metal flashing. This way no water's going to get underneath the shingles and then seep through the side of the nail, so that's what we're going to do.
Now here's another problem. This is right in the area where the leak was. There was a hole in the roof so the water's seeping in through there.
Another thing is when you have a problem like this, a hole in the roof, many times the water's going to leak straight down, but also the water travels underneath the shingles on top of the felt and the water can settle down at the valley down below. So what many roofers would do is, being that the valley is leaking, they're going to repair the valley and they're not going to realize that the source of the problem is coming from up above.
Let me see. Yeah, this pipe flange here is no good either. Okay, let's see if there's any others. Yep, this pipe flange here is no good also. Yeah, so the water's just getting inside there. The insulation on the floorboard in the attic is absorbing the water, but once that insulation becomes saturated, they're going to see a lot more damage.
Now also this house had vinyl siding done, and they nailed pump jacks to the eaves. You can see they left the holes in the roof, and they just sealed underneath it with caulk. That caulk is just going to give way, and then they're going to have leaks right along the exterior walls. It's here too. They've got them all over the place. A lot of holes over here that were all sealed with caulk.
Yeah, so even though they sealed the hole with caulk the water can get in through key and the water can leak right through here as well. Then they did the same thing here, so we need to check all the eaves for holes. And here. It's all over.
All right. My name is Steve. I'm Roofer 911. If you have any questions whatsoever, I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you and have a great day.
I'm at a home in Ashburn, Virginia, and they have a leak that's down near the valley area, right down at the bottom. Then also, there was moisture right in this area too.
There's a few different things that's going on. One is the siding is installed incorrectly right here down at the bottom. The J-channel is going behind the siding here, so when there's a heavy rain the water's traveling right along the J-channel, and then it's going down in behind the siding, and dropping down inside the wall, and settling on the lower roof. We need to take that siding off and the gutter, and reinstall it correctly.
I checked the valley. Everything is done perfectly with the valley. They have an ice and water shield underneath. They nailed very far away from the center of the valley, so that's all good. Over here up against the wall what we need to do is remove all the roofing from the bottom all the way up to the top. Any flashing that's damaged we're going to repair, or replace it, and then reshingle that area.
Also, around the stack pipe this could very easily be attributing to the leak too, because the water can originate from the flashing, because of improper installation. The water travels down the roof underneath the shingles on top of the felt, and the water's going to settle at the lowest point. We're going to remove all the roofing completely around the stack pipe. Install an ice and water shield and reshingle it.
Another thing, with this type of ridge vent it depends on how much they cut the open breathing space underneath. If they cut it too wide, if there's a driving rain the water can get underneath either one of these ridge vents. The water sometimes will drop straight down inside the breathing space, but many times the water will get underneath the ridge vent, then curl underneath the shingles, and then travel down again underneath the shingles, and it will settle at the lowest point.
What we'll do is we're going to remove the ridge vent, which is about 20 feet. Then we're going to install ice and water shield, and bring it all the way up underneath, but don't close off the breathing space. Then we're going to cap off the ridge again.
Another thing, very important here, look here, you can see that the fascia board is lower than the roof sheathing, so the shingles are dropping down. The water can get, here let me see if I can find one, like right here, the water can get in through the side of the nail, and then it can drop down inside the wall, go behind the step flashing, and leak down at the lowest point again.
We need to lift up all these shingles where the nails are exposed, and then replace this shingle here. It's probably the same way, and you can see it more up near the top, how the shingles are dipping down right in this area. This is a very critical problem.
Let me check everything else. This looks okay. Satellite dish support brackets, they should be sealed. Satellite dishes cause all sorts of problems as far as leaks.
Back to the leak again.We need to focus on everything as a whole, except for the valley. The ridge vent, the step flashing, the gutter, and then also where the roof is dipping down. Once these procedures are done this leak will be over and done with.
If you have any questions at all, again, my name is Steve. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
